ALSTONE

Index
Status
Location
Parish Church
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Hundred
Poor Law Union
Adjoining Parishes
Parish Registers
Bishops' Transcripts
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Register Copies
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents
Census Records
Manorial Records
Directories

Status:
Hamlet in Overbury Ancient Parish (Worcestershire), transferred to Gloucestershire in 1844 for civil purposes. A separate Civil Parish in 1866. Abolished entirely to Teddington Ancient Parish in 1935 [79]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO983324
Alstone is in Gloucestershire, 6 miles east of Tewkesbury

Parish Church:
St. Margaret

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [11]

Hundred:
Kiftsgate [79][28]
Note: Overbury Ancient Parish was situated partly in Lower Kiftsgate, partly in Upper Kiftsgate and partly in Middle Oswaldslow (Worcestershire). The entire area in Gloucestershire was shown in Upper Kiftsgate.

Poor Law Union:
Winchcombe [79]

Adjoining Parishes:
Beckford (Gloucestershire); Little Washbourne (Gloucestershire); Alderton (Gloucestershire); Oxenton (Gloucestershire) [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1550-1967	[5]
	Marriages	1550-1963	[5]
	Burials	1546-1966	[5]
	Banns	1756 - 1882	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1550-1805	[27] [20]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	1550-1978	[12]

Alstone registers include entries for Little Washbourne & Teddington [5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1619 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1550-1812; 1816-57; 1880-85
	Marriages	1550-1805

Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Worcestershire Parish Registers Marriages Vol.1 - Alstone 1550-1805, Kington 1588-1836, Redditch 1808-1812

At Gloucestershire Archives [64]
Transcripts: Marriages1550-1805 

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
ALSTONE : Marriages 1550-1650, 1661-1731, 1756-1805: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM]   IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1   Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901   Author Phillimore, W P W ed.   Author Carter, W F ed.  

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
c1813-74, 17th century-20th century Gloucestershire Archives [56]

At Society of Genealogists [59] :
ALSTONE : Monumental Inscriptions: Gloucestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 4 [Manuscript.]   IN: Gloucestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 4   Published , 1970   Author Lewin, R (trans.)       Acc. no. 42016b   Source D: R Lewin 

ALSTONE (St. Margaret) : Monumental Inscriptions: Gloucestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 18 [Manuscript.]   IN: Gloucestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 18   Published , 1999   Author Cooper, Keith et al. (trans.)  Source D: Gloucestershire FHS.

Census Records:
All the censuses between 1841 and 1901 are now available on a number of fee-paying (Subscription or PayAsYouGo) sites including Ancestry.co.uk, FindMyPast.co.uk, thegenealogist.co.uk and genesreunited.co.uk. The 1911 census is available in full or in part on some of these sites. We are unable to advise on the choice of site since researchers' personal preferences will be influenced by the content and search facilities offered by each site. Some sites offer a free trial.

Access to the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk is widely available at most record offices, including Worcestershire Library and History Centre, and some libraries. You are advised to book time on their computers before making a visit. 

A free-to-view site is being developed at freecen.org.uk for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses.  Coverage of Worcestershire parishes is rather sparse at this time.

Census returns can usually be viewed at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres.

Some repositories offer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include:
 
1841 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851-1901 Gloucestershire Archives
Gloucestershire 1851 Census index & transcription, vol. 14 : HO 107/1971 - [Winchcombe registration district] Guiting & Cleeve sub-districts: Index to the 1851 Census for Gloucestershire [Microfiche.] - Published Gloucestershire FHS, 1998 Society of Genealogists

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Manor books 18th and 19th cents
Teddington: Rental [1433]

Directories:
ALSTONE, a chapelry in the parish of OVERBURY, middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 6½ miles (E. by S.) from Tewkesbury, containing 79 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Margaret. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis] 

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